{"id":244,"date":"2023-09-18T12:42:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T05:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0284\/?p=244"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T05:42:57","slug":"people-in-the-field-sal-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0284\/people-in-the-field-sal-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"People in the field – Sal Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sal Khan<\/a> is the actualization of my vision for online education. He is on a mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.\u00a0 He is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy<\/a>, which offers free video tutorials for millions <\/em>of students around the globe in 36 different languages.\u00a0 They are currently launching Khanmigo<\/a>, an AI tutor for learners -slash- AI assistant for teachers.\u00a0 But what about the human interaction element of education?\u00a0 Well, during Covid he helps develop the Schoolhouse<\/a> platform, which offers free real-time video tutoring with vetted volunteers from all around the world.\u00a0 And it is all nonprofit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, I chose him for this project haphazardly.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know anything other than Khan Academy helps math students, and when my peers were bemoaning the lack of diversity in EdTech, I thought maybe whoever founded it was middle eastern (turns out he\u2019s born and educated in the USA<\/a>).\u00a0 And he\u2019s not marginalized either, he is arguably one of, if not the most, successful people in EdTech.\u00a0 His Youtube channel<\/a> has over 8M subscribers, he\u2019s got donations from influential people like Elon Musk<\/a> and has recently appeared as a guest on Bill Gates\u2019 podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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